Talent Acquisition Team Leader
Location: Wilmington Delaware
Mode : Hybrid – 3 days per week at the office
Full time
Position Summary
We are seeking and experienced Talent Acquisition Team Leader with proven people-management experience to lead, develop, and support a team of 2–4 (Senior) Talent Acquisition Partners, while remaining hands-on in sourcing and hiring for critical roles. This role suits an established recruitment leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, provides strategic direction, and drives consistent recruiting excellence across the business. This person will work in close partnership with the other leader in the Americas and collaborate closely with other leaders globally.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of recruiters, setting clear objectives, managing performance, supporting career growth, and building a collaborative, accountable, high-performing, and inclusive team culture.
- Own team capacity planning, workload allocation, and full-cycle recruitment delivery across assigned business areas, personally leading selected senior and business-critical searches.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex, sensitive, or high-impact recruitment matters.
- Develop and implement proactive, data-informed talent acquisition strategies aligned with business priorities and workforce plans.
- Act as a primary talent acquisition partner and trusted advisor to senior business leaders, Business Partners, and hiring managers for designated client groups, anticipating talent needs and influencing hiring decisions.
- Drive sourcing and pipeline strategies across job boards, social media, networking, referrals, and other relevant channels.
- Champion an excellent candidate and stakeholder experience with consistent service standards across the team.
- Ensure recruitment practices, which comply with applicable U.S. federal, state, and local employment laws, regulations, and internal policies.
- Manage external recruitment agencies and vendors, ensuring quality, commercial value, and adherence to agreed service levels.
- Lead strategic projects and partner with global Talent Acquisition leaders on cross-regional initiatives to optimize processes, tools, and practices, increasing efficiency, scalability, and quality.
- Track and analyze key recruitment metrics and share insights with senior stakeholders to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- Significant experience in talent acquisition, including full-cycle recruitment within the U.S. market and responsibility for complex or senior-level hiring.
- Proven formal people-management experience including direct responsibility for recruiter performance, coaching, development, objective setting, and workload allocation.
- Strong knowledge of recruitment practices and applicable federal, state, and local employment requirements.
- Demonstrated success leading recruitment delivery in a complex, fast-paced, and high-volume environment.
- Strong executive stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to build trust, challenge constructively, influence decisions, and communicate effectively across functions and seniority levels.
- Proven ability to use recruitment data and metrics to assess team performance, identify risks, improve outcomes, and support strategic decisions.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, with sound judgment and a hands-on, solution-focused leadership style.
- A collaborative and proactive approach, with demonstrated success strengthening team capability and improving the effectiveness of a talent acquisition function.
